OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Rome Flynn scored 22 points, leading Team Bonds to a 66-55 over Team Rice in the All-Star celebrity game on Friday night. Flynn, the game’s MVP, also had eight rebounds and five assists for Team Bonds, coached by baseball legend Barry Bonds. Rickea Jackson scored 16 for Team Bonds. Flynn, an…
On Friday night, two gigantic footballs each one made of more than 400,000 sparkly gold tiles hung in the humid air and rotated like disco balls over a stage in New Orleans. Uber was hosting a Super Bowl party before Sunday’s matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, and drinks flowed from…
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In this year’s Super Bowl, Philadelphia star offensive tackle Jordan Mailata is hoping a new generation of helmets will help keep him in the game — avoiding the same fate as Buffalo Bills cornerback Christian Benford, who was sidelined after suffering a concussion in the AFC Championship weeks ago. “Headbutts are common, they’re going to…
The Super Bowl has always been as much about star power as it is about football, and the 2025 matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles is proving no different. Famous faces from Hollywood, the music industry and even politics are set to make appearances at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans…
Benjamin Franklin, the consummate colonial wanderer, once observed that home was not just a place, or a thing, or a food. “A house is not a home,” he said, “unless it contains fire for the mind, as well as the body.” Centuries later, J.P. Teti, Philadelphia’s own accidental ambassador to England, has learned this, too:…
For about a week leading up to the A.F.C. championship game, Meredith Nolan had been living on a hulking research vessel parked in an Antarctic port. The ship, called the Noosfera, had been waiting for favorable sea conditions before plowing into the icy waters below the southern tip of South America. It was late January,…
Ticket sales for a new Cristiano Ronaldo museum located at Hong Kong’s K11 Musea shopping centre will start from Wednesday, organisers have said, confirming an earlier report from the Post. They also said on Tuesday that the CR7 Life Museum’s opening day, which will be in July, would include international celebrity guest appearances in recognition…
A new pilot scheme to resolve sports disputes will be launched later this year, with authorities offering subsidies for arbitration between athletes and national sports associations, Hong Kong’s deputy justice minister has revealed. Deputy Secretary for Justice Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan said on Saturday the arbitration would mainly cover commercial disputes, such as match sponsorships, broadcasting…
Sky Sports has issued an apology after pundit Tim Sherwood made controversial comments about Manchester City’s transfer activities during Saturday’s Gillette Soccer Saturday broadcast. The remarks came as the panel discussed City’s £125million January spending spree, which has seen them secure Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis. Sherwood’s comments centred on City’s transfer market…